Though Simon Cowell has openly confessed his love for Mezhgan Hussainy he refuses to admit that he is engaged to the makeup artist. The 50 year music mogulSimon Cowell may be snooty to announce his engagement but his gentle lady Mezhgan is not.
The 36 year old lady has confirmed the engagement news to Radar Online. Mezhgan had sparked the engagement rumors after she was spotted wearing a huge diamond ring on her finger since Valentine’s Day. The pair who has met on the sets of American idol has been dating each other for about a year.
Speaking about the couple Simon’s publicist Max Clifford has told the RadarOnline “They are very suited, she is someone who is independent and says what she thinks and feels, and he likes that. He’s probably the happiest I have ever known him in the nine years I’ve been working with him.”
During a recent interview Piers Morgan on his Life Stories, Simon admitted that that he is “smitten with Mezhgan” and “she is the one”. And when he was whether he plans to have kids with her, he replied saying “I think I need to have little Simons around.”
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Monday, February 08, 2010
New diamond deposit found in China won't affect global prices
Head of the Geological Survey Bureau of Mines, Geological Science and Technology in China, Hai-Tao Fu, said over the weekend that the newly discovered diamond deposit in Wafangdian, in the Liaoning province, is unlikely to affect the global market significantly despite its substantial size, Rough&Polished reported.
The website quoted Xiong Xianzheng, chairman of the Dalian Jewelry Association as saying that, “Global diamond output amounts to approximately 100M carats annually while China accounts for 200,000 carats of the above output. Rough output from new mines in Wafangdian might account for 50% of China’s diamond output. Volumes of diamond production in China, even taking into account the new mines, will achieve merely 0.21% of the global output therefore the deposit will not affect global rough prices.”
The deposit discovered in Wafangdian is said to be the largest scale discovery made by Chinese geologists in the past 30 years. The mine's reserves are estimated at 210,000 carats of gems including diamonds.
The website quoted Xiong Xianzheng, chairman of the Dalian Jewelry Association as saying that, “Global diamond output amounts to approximately 100M carats annually while China accounts for 200,000 carats of the above output. Rough output from new mines in Wafangdian might account for 50% of China’s diamond output. Volumes of diamond production in China, even taking into account the new mines, will achieve merely 0.21% of the global output therefore the deposit will not affect global rough prices.”
The deposit discovered in Wafangdian is said to be the largest scale discovery made by Chinese geologists in the past 30 years. The mine's reserves are estimated at 210,000 carats of gems including diamonds.
Monday, February 01, 2010
Hops across black diamonds to reach groomers
A blue strobe flashing on downtown Bozeman's tallest building means snow. The beacon - which lights up when Bridger Bowl receives two inches of snow - signals skiers to check the snow report for the powder depth. Bozeman, located in Montana north of Yellowstone National Park, is the type of ski town where the snow isn't hype, but real.
Bozeman serves as the gateway to three ski resorts: Bridger Bowl, Big Sky, and Moonlight Basin. Bridger Bowl sits about 20 minutes from downtown hotels while Big Sky and Moonlight Basin flank Lone Peak about an hour's drive south.
Bridger Bowl, Bozeman's hometown ski area, is a day resort, with lodging, nightlife, and restaurants aplenty in the college town. Moonlight Basin and Big Sky, which neighbor each other, border with hotels, lodges, condominiums, cabins, and vacation homes. Economy hotels line the highway less than a 10-minute drive from the ski areas while luxury lodging claims ski-in-ski out ease. Big Sky, the largest resort, offers more restaurants, nightlife, and shopping in Mountain Mall, while smaller Moonlight garners raves for fine dining in Moonlight Lodge. Both resorts include spas.
All three resorts offer gentle beginner slopes, learn to ski or snowboard programs, and terrain parks. But they excel at buffing out long blue runs for intermediate skiers and corralling steep slopes inbounds for experts.
Bridger Bowl, sprawling across Bridger Mountain north slopes, rolls blue groomers down the Thunder Road ridge and across Wolverine's undulating meadows, while Powderhorn slices through the area's belly with an even-pitched swath for arcing wide GS turns. Most beginner runs concentrate in the base area, with upper lifts dropping on to a mix of groomers, mogul fields, and powder stashes. Two lodges in the base area and one mid-mountain provide places to grab a burgers, chili, and homemade baked goodies.
Big Sky and Moonlight Basin flank 11,166-foot Lone Peak, offering the highest elevation skiing in Montana and shared boundaries. Each sell individual resort tickets, but also a single lift ticket valid at both resorts.
Big Sky, enveloping the most terrain and granting the only access to Lone Peak's summit via the tram, stretches lifts across two faces of Lone Peak and two sides of Andesite Mountain. Blue cruisers ramble off Andesite and zig-zag through Lone Peak's lower ridges and ravines.
The longest run, which hops across black diamonds to reach groomers, stretches to six miles from Liberty Bowl to Mountain Mall. Lone Peak's expert upper elevations dish up the A to Z Chutes, wind-scoured cliffs, broad powder bowls, and glade skiing in Dakota Territory. Pinnacles Restaurant atop Andesite serves as the only on-mountain eatery while multiple restaurants rim the base area.
Moonlight Basin tucks under the north side of Lone Peak, its lengthy blue runs sporting seamless grooming on rolling fall line plunges through firs. Horseshoe, the longest run, circles 2.8 miles along the resort's western perimeter while black diamond runs hide powder and moguls off Lookout Ridge. Experts aim straight for The Headwaters-a line-up of steep chutes cutting a rocky bowl. Dining is available at three base areas-two with temporary facilities and one home to elegant Moonlight Lodge.
All three Bozeman resorts offer a unique steep inbounds backcountry-like experience that requires avalanche beacons. Bridger corrals two immense bowls and ridge hiking from its new experts-only Schlasman's lift. Experts with tickets valid for Big Sky and Moonlight can catch the Big Sky Tram to Lone Peak's Summit to descend Moonlight's several-thousand-foot North Summit Snowfield.
Bozeman serves as the gateway to three ski resorts: Bridger Bowl, Big Sky, and Moonlight Basin. Bridger Bowl sits about 20 minutes from downtown hotels while Big Sky and Moonlight Basin flank Lone Peak about an hour's drive south.
Bridger Bowl, Bozeman's hometown ski area, is a day resort, with lodging, nightlife, and restaurants aplenty in the college town. Moonlight Basin and Big Sky, which neighbor each other, border with hotels, lodges, condominiums, cabins, and vacation homes. Economy hotels line the highway less than a 10-minute drive from the ski areas while luxury lodging claims ski-in-ski out ease. Big Sky, the largest resort, offers more restaurants, nightlife, and shopping in Mountain Mall, while smaller Moonlight garners raves for fine dining in Moonlight Lodge. Both resorts include spas.
All three resorts offer gentle beginner slopes, learn to ski or snowboard programs, and terrain parks. But they excel at buffing out long blue runs for intermediate skiers and corralling steep slopes inbounds for experts.
Bridger Bowl, sprawling across Bridger Mountain north slopes, rolls blue groomers down the Thunder Road ridge and across Wolverine's undulating meadows, while Powderhorn slices through the area's belly with an even-pitched swath for arcing wide GS turns. Most beginner runs concentrate in the base area, with upper lifts dropping on to a mix of groomers, mogul fields, and powder stashes. Two lodges in the base area and one mid-mountain provide places to grab a burgers, chili, and homemade baked goodies.
Big Sky and Moonlight Basin flank 11,166-foot Lone Peak, offering the highest elevation skiing in Montana and shared boundaries. Each sell individual resort tickets, but also a single lift ticket valid at both resorts.
Big Sky, enveloping the most terrain and granting the only access to Lone Peak's summit via the tram, stretches lifts across two faces of Lone Peak and two sides of Andesite Mountain. Blue cruisers ramble off Andesite and zig-zag through Lone Peak's lower ridges and ravines.
The longest run, which hops across black diamonds to reach groomers, stretches to six miles from Liberty Bowl to Mountain Mall. Lone Peak's expert upper elevations dish up the A to Z Chutes, wind-scoured cliffs, broad powder bowls, and glade skiing in Dakota Territory. Pinnacles Restaurant atop Andesite serves as the only on-mountain eatery while multiple restaurants rim the base area.
Moonlight Basin tucks under the north side of Lone Peak, its lengthy blue runs sporting seamless grooming on rolling fall line plunges through firs. Horseshoe, the longest run, circles 2.8 miles along the resort's western perimeter while black diamond runs hide powder and moguls off Lookout Ridge. Experts aim straight for The Headwaters-a line-up of steep chutes cutting a rocky bowl. Dining is available at three base areas-two with temporary facilities and one home to elegant Moonlight Lodge.
All three Bozeman resorts offer a unique steep inbounds backcountry-like experience that requires avalanche beacons. Bridger corrals two immense bowls and ridge hiking from its new experts-only Schlasman's lift. Experts with tickets valid for Big Sky and Moonlight can catch the Big Sky Tram to Lone Peak's Summit to descend Moonlight's several-thousand-foot North Summit Snowfield.
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